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I have been enjoying a lot of fresh locally grown produce from the farmers market lately but I realized that I have not been doing much with green vegetables. Green beans are one of my favorite green vegetables and they had some nice looking ones at the farmers market which I picked up. I have come across several Chinese recipes that include both meat and vegetables but where the vegetables are the primary ingredient and the meat is more of a garnish. I liked the idea of the increased prominence of the vegetables in a meal and wanted to try it. I had been craving something spicy and I decided to go with some of my favorite flavours in a Sichuan style meal. The green beans with Sichuan ground pork came together quickly and easily. The dish was really tasty and had a nice level of heat. The fact that the dish was mostly green beans made it a nice light meal along with some rice. I liked this kind of meal and I will have to try to work more vegetables into my dishes.

Green Beans with Sichuan Pork

ingredients

1/2 tablespoon oil

1 tablespoon garlic (chopped)

1 tablespoon ginger (chopped)

1/2 pound ground pork

1 pound green beans

1/2 tablespoon fermented black beans (soaked in water for 10 minutes and chopped)

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comments:

Your green beans are simply beautiful! I love green veggies best, to the extent that my kids are so sure I like green foods above all others that they give me all the green M&Ms out of their packages (maybe there's benefit to liking green veggies, after all!). I hope this meal tasted as good as it was pretty!

Looks good man. But you know - I think I'd need to season up those green beans a bit. I think a quick blanch to preserve the flavor and color and then a toss in a garlic infused olive oil with a sprinkle of salt and a good amount of fresh cracked pepper...then top it w/the pork. But yea man...good cooking!

Yay the white dishes and woven mat are back. Yes they are your signature look. And where do you find perfect green beans? The meal looks wonderful and sounds perfect...clean crisp veggie and a bit of interest and contrast.

Mmmmm YUM - I will be making this as soon as - it looks delish! I have a bag of those black beans but have never got round to using them. I can't wait for my day off in the week to try this one - thanks Kevin.

Mmmm can't wait to try it. I tried another recipe you have with steak and peppers, I don't know what fermented beans are as I was in the grocery store I picked up black beans in garlic sauce from the Asian section and used that as substitute and it came out good. I'd like to try these recipes with what you used, so for my silly question I'm sure, where do I find fermented beans?

Debbie: The black beans and garlic sauce is a great substitute as it is made with the fermented black beans and it is really tasty. You should be able to find the fermented black beans at a local Chinese grocery store. I brought a piece of paper with the Chinese symbols on (豆豉 - Douchi) and showed it to an employee are found them right away.

The green beans look excelent. Im a Teen and im already cooking, and I always wanted to find something healthy for my family to eat. Thanks for such a great recipe. He is my blogsite for my own cooking blog... http://classblogmeister.com/blog.php?user_id=253244&blogger_id=321298

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